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• How Brightwater got its name

  "Bright water for me" According to some sources, Brightwater was named after the bright, clear waters of the Wairoa River. In part this may be true, but it seems...

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• Isel House and Park

  A historic park and house, named after Isel, a small village in Cumbria England, and a recreation ground form part of the legacy left by the Marsden family...

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• The Taranaki Refugees

  The Taranaki War of 1860 had a lasting legacy for both Māori and Pakeha communities in Taranaki and Te Tau Ihu. The impact of the war on Taranaki Māori[te-tau-ihu-maori-and-the-taranaki-wars/]...

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• Lily Robertson and the Nelson Lighthouse

  My Life by Lily Robertson (1878-1956) *Nelson Lighthouse * Excerpt from the Lighthouse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from Lily's diary. Click image to enlarge My birthplace was at the home of...

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• Early Renwick

  *Scottish town on the Wairau Plain * Scotsman, Dr Thomas Renwick, was the ship's surgeon on the Thomas Harrison, which arrived in Nelson in 1842. He bought Dumgree in the Awatere in 1848,...

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